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Easy Step by Step Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolution

Step 1 is easy - Don’t make any resolutions!

But if you do insist on making one or several resolutions for 2008 then I’m going to give you some easy ways to keep them. Over the next few posts I’ll be working my way through some of the most common resolutions.

Let’s start with one I have a huge amount of personal experience with.

Giving Up Smoking - for good! Read the rest of this entry »

It’s My Party & I’ll Cry If I Want To

So…it’s my Birthday today and although the title of this post may suggest that it’s a not espcially happy occasion…quite the contrary. I’m having a fabulous day thus far and I just thought I’d share a ‘feel good’ birthday ritual with y’all as it helps me celebrate another year and as I’ve mentioned here before…the more often I turn 29 (this is my 5th attempt to date) the better at it I get. Some call it denial…I call it self preservation.

The ritual is one of cleansing and renewal (and no it’s not microdermabrasion and botox) and it has 2 stages.

You’ll need 2 A4 sheets of paper, 2 pieces of string or ribbon and matches. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Write a Great Christmas Card (I Think Kipling Said It Best)

When you’re thinking about what to write in those Christmas cards this year, don’t just settle for Merry Christmas. Send some inspiring words to your loved ones.

The poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling has to be my favourite and anyone who knows me well has had it sent to them in a time of need. Share it with your family and friends this year in the hope that we can all spread a bit of humanity and warmth around at a time when many of us just seem to lose our minds with the pressure of ending one year and starting another. Read the rest of this entry »

Open for Business

The new Gorgeous Things secure online store is open for business…just in time for Christmas. Phew!

We hope it helps you find the best natural and organic products available in one easy and super friendly place.

Check it out!

We’ll also be providing monthly coupons via this blog so subscribe here or join the Beauty & Brains newsletter mailing list to take advantage of our monthly specials and giveaways.

Gorgeous Things shows you how you can kick the chemicals in your skincare and soothe sensitive skin. Allergy sufferers too - we have loads of options for you with Organic Cotton Sheets and plant-based household cleaners. We’ve even got babycare products to protect your bub from the chemical nasties found in most ordinary personal care products. The socially responsible amongst you will also be happy to know we support Fairtrade and have Biodynamic Organic Fairtrade tea available too. Just take a look for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous

Esther Blum has a new book ‘Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous’ and I’m off to the bookstore to get myself a copy. I’m excited to read about how doing 2 of my favourite things…eating and drinking can assist me to be gorgeous.

What’s it about?

Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous is about having your cake and eating it too. In her years of practice, Esther has helped show countless women how to put the fun back in eating, be a tigress in bed, eat and drink like a food fashionista, choose the right vitamins, feel up instead of feeling down, and realize that life is too short to be on a diet the whole time!

You can check out Esther’s site Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous

5 of the Coolest Fairtrade Products for Christmas Gifts

Fairtrade is not just about tea and coffee. There are hundreds of other products you can purchase for yourself and for others as gifts to help raise awareness of how and where products are produced.

Some of the coolest products we’ve found to give as gifts this Christmas are: Read the rest of this entry »

Organic Rosehip Oil is Addictive

I’m using twice a day and I’m not giving up…ever!

Forget Botox, forget $200 a jar miracle creams, forget dull lifeless skin, you’ll never be party to any of these once you’ve gotten your hands on some of this gorgeous Rosehip Oil.

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Limerence - The Science of Falling In Love

If you know what the word limerence means then please forgive me while I explain for everyone else. Limerence is the psychological term for that dreamy state we float around in when we first fall in love with someone. The early stages of attraction and infatuation where we continually think about the object of our desire, we see none of their short comings, we believe we’ve found our ’soul mate’ and no one can convince us otherwise. Admit it, we’ve all been there. Only to find out a few months down the track that this person is not perfect, they’re human with faults and frailties.

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